Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

SPEED PROGRAM.
| l. Running half mile heats all ages by
horses owned in Sedgwick county. Purse
| $50
! 9 Trotting and pacing by horses owned
| in Sedgwick county, outside of the city of
| Wichita that never trctted or paced for
money Purse $50.
| 8. Trotting or pacing, gentlemen's driv-
! ing horses who never started in a race for
money, owned in Sedgwick county, to road
wagon. Pure $50.
l. Trotting, two year olds, best two in
| three, half mile heats. Purse $50.
SECOND DAY.
l. 2:35 pace. Purse $50.
2 3 minute trOt. Purse 500.
8. Running rs mile heats, ali ages
weight for age. Purse 500.
4. 2:34 trot. Purse $780,
THIRD DAY.
l. Bankers purse Running, mile heats, all
ages, weight for age. Purse $50
2. Grand special, to be announced later.
| Purse 81, 900.
3. Pacing free to all. Purse $500.
2:29 trot. Purse $500.
FOURTH DAY.
l. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mile heats, for
horses that have not won a race during the
fair. Purse SO.
2. Free for all trot Purse $780,
3. Pole team race, srOtters or PAGERS. Horses
must be owned by one man. Purse 500.
4. 2:40 trot. Purse 500.
sPECIALTIES FOR THE FAIR.
Pawnee Bill and his Indians with their
Wild West show viii camp on the fair
grounds during the entire week, giving a
Street parade each day during the week, and
an exhibition on the grouD Is consisting of
robbing stage coaches, burning and plumber
ing Squatters' cabins, carrying beautiful
maidens into captivity and desperate battles
between cowboys and indians.
This exhibition has the endorsement of all
the officers Of the different fairs over their
own signatures, as being very brilliant and
thrilling representation Of wild western life. |
THE WICHITA BOAT CLUB
Have consented to give regatta during the |
week of the fair. The management have |
horses TO pace and trot against time. The !
owners Of Jay Eye See, Patsy, Clinker, |
Honesty and You Bet, are all anxious to |
pace and trot their horses at Wichita, and |
the management viii secure one or more of |
these horses OF national reputation to go |
against time.
GREAT BAND CONTESTS.
VIII be a leading feature Of the special en-
tertainments Of this occasion, a prise OF $3.50 |
viii be offered by the association TO be COM
peted for by any and all brass bauds ia the |
state Of Kansas on the second day Of the
fair.
First prize, 5000.
Second prize, 500.
Third prize, $50
Atleast four bands required TO compete for |
these prizes, but one band from any city |
eligible. No hand with less than twelve
pieces viii be admitted to competition
All applications for competit On in
the contest must be made in writing and ad-
dressed to the secretary of the fair. Appli-
cations viii not be received after Oct TO-
Under the auspices of the Cottonwood |
Lawn Tennis club of this city. A lawn
tennis tournament will be given, open to the
state. There will be prizes given, consisting
of four silver cups, to be awarded to the best |
doubles and singles.
CONDITIONS.
Trotting and pacing will be governed by |
the rules of the American Trotting AsSocie- |
ton, of which this association is a member. |
-Four to fill and three starters in all races |
Entrance, 10 per cent of purse. half Of which |
must accompany the entry. Horses drawn |
the night previous to races will not be held |
for the other per cent Heats may be |
trotted and paced alternately.
Trotting and pacing, mile heats, three in |
fivs to harness.
Running races will be governed by the |
American Association rules except jockeys |
licensed.
Entrance ten per cent of purse, which |
must accompany entry. Entries to be |
eligible must be deposited in entry box at /
secretary's Office within one half hour after |
the last race on the day previous to the race, |
for which the entry is intended. If in case |
OF bad weather or other unavoidable cause |
the Association is unable to start one or !
mora of its races by 3 O'Clock p. m. of the |
last dav Of the fair, such race or races shall
be declared off.
Trotting and pacing purses divided, fifty |
per cent. TO the first, twenty-five per cent. TO |
the second, fifteen per cent. to the third and |
ten per cent to the fourth.
Running purses divided, seventy per cent. |
to the first. twenty per cent. TO the second |
and ten per cent. to the third
Entries close October Sth, 1887.
Address all entries TO j. w. Hartzell, sec
rotary, Wichita Kansas, P. O. box 1l5
AdmiSsion-The gates will be open at u
O'clock on each day of the fair. Tickets
must be purchased as no money will be re
ceved at the gates The gate fare will be
as follows: For each person over Is years
OF age an admittance fee of fifty cents viii
be charged; for each person under Is years
of age and over 5, an admittance fee of
twenty-five cents will be charged; children
under 5 years OF age accompanied by their
parents or guardians will be admitted free
All parts of the grounds free to all for one
admission. No extra charge for carriage
Persons occupying booths, furnishing re-
freshments arerequired to lay in their supplies
before IL o'clock, q. m, at precisely II
o'clock the grounds will be cleared of all /
wagons and persons not entitled to remain,
these rules will be strictly adhered to, unless
by special permission OF the general
manager.
All public conveyances carrying passen-
gers from the city will be charged as fol- /
lows:
For each four horse conveyance, s. per
day.
For each two horse conveyance, $3.50 per /
day.
Comfortable box stall with bedding will be /
furnished to ell horses at so cents per day
during the fair.
Horses coming in before the fair can occu-
py stalls free Of charge until the fair begins. |
Corn, oats and hay can be had on the
grounds at market prices Stalls will not |
be considered engaged until paid for.
MISCELLANEOUS
Day police and night watchmen will be a.
ways on duty.
kilograms and letters sent in care OF the |
secretary, will be delivered on the grounds /
Certificates emitting shipping exhibitors TO |
return goods viii be issued on application 70 |
the secretary.
No Intoxicating liquors will be allowed on |
the grounds
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